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0119: Franz Sigel Letter, 1864, Marshall University Special Collections

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Union general. Newly-appointed commander of the Department of West Virginia, Sigel wrote to Congressman Kellian V. Whaley concerning his command, requesting the names of reliable men, and giving his plan for defending the state.

0134: Clendenning Family Papers, 1850-1955, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection consists primarily of two groups of letters. The first group were written by Arminda Holiday Clendenning of Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio, to her sister Ann Holliday Winder of Iowa, from 1850 until 1867. She writes of local and family news, life in the country, and later, as a young married woman, of her family and her husband’s business. Several letters mention travels and migrations of family and friends to the West.

The second group of letters were written by Robert Joseph Clendenning, grandson of Arminda Clendenning, to his family during the FirstWorld War. He describes his life in …

0155: Scrapbook (Bland County), 1880-1886, Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbook (1880-1886) containing poetry and election handbills from Bland County, Virginia.

0160: Point Pleasant, Wv Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter, Nsdar Papers, 1925-1975, Marshall University Special Collections

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Membership lists, registrar's reports, photographs; and a report on prize-winning Bicentennial activities, addendum from the Point Pleasant, West Virginia Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter of the NSDAR.